IND vs WI, 2nd Test Highlights: Virat Kohli, Rohit Shine As India Reach 288/4 At Stumps On Day 1
IND vs WI, 2nd Test Highlights: Solid knocks from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put India in firm control over West Indies on Day 1.
At Stumps on Day 1 of India vs West Indies 2nd Test, India reached 288 for loss loss of four wickets against West Indies.
200 comes up for India in the 58th over. 4 wickets down.
Kemar Roach introduced from one end in a bid to break this partnership.
The two batters taking their time in the middle, probably realising the importance of this partnership with just Ishan Kishan to follow as a recognised out and out batting option.
Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel, Jomel Warrican and Jason Holder have scalped a wicket each so far for the West Indies.
Ravindra Jadeja and Kohli resume India's innings post tea. Gabriel and Holder begin proceedings for West Indies.
That's TEA! A session that belonged to West Indies. They have picked up another wicket towards the end of that session with Gabriel getting rid of Rahane. India- 182/4. Certainly the first session in the series which was dominated by the hosts.
Rohit fails to convert his fifty into a hundred. He goes for 80 in the 39th over. 3 wickets in the second session for West Indies. Ajinkya Rahane now joins Kohli. India- 155/3. Jomel Warrican cleaning up Rohit on this occasion.
WICKET! Gill goes back after second successive low score in this series. He departs after scoring 10, India- 153/2.
WICKET! First one goes down for India after lunch and it Jaiswal who falls to Jason Holder in the 32nd over. The southpaw departs after scoring 57. He is replaced by Shubman Gill. India- 139/1 in 31.4 Overs.
That's lunch on Day 1. Another session in the series that has been dominated by India. No wickets lost as India are 121/0 at LUNCH on Day 1. Rohit Sharma- 63*, Yashasvi Jaiswal- 52*.
Fifty for Jaiswal too after that hundred on debut. Opening stand past 100 already.
Half-century for Rohit Sharma in dominant style with a six! What an innings this has been. India looking good as openers near successive 100-run stand.
The Indian team has got off to a steady start. Both the openers have already put on a half-century stand which is approaching a hundred. Rohit batting on 48, Yashasvi on 34. India- 87/0 after 18 overs.
Alzarri Joseph sharing the new ball with Roach. India are 16/0 after 5 overs.
First over done! Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal the new-look opening pair to continue. Kemar Roach with the new ball in hand for West Indies. India- 4/0 after 1st over.
A little over 11 minutes away from the start of the day's play. STAY TUNED!
Playing XIs:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Jermaine Blackwood, Alick Athanaze, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel
Team News: Mukesh Kumar has been handed a debut. He replaces Shardul Thakur who has pulled off a niggles. A debutant for West Indies too with Kirk McKenzie replacing Raymon Reifer.
Toss: West Indies win the toss and choose to bowl first.
This is Virat Kohli's 500th international match which also happens to be the 100th Test between India and West Indies.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second Test match between India and West Indies!
Background
IND vs WI, 2nd Test LIVE: After a dominating innings win in the first India vs West Indies Test match at the Windsor Park, Dominica the two teams will lock horns in the second and the final Test match of the series starting on July 20 (Thursday) at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, in Trinidad.
West Indies had won the toss in the opening Test match in Dominica and elected to bat first. However, their batters failed to make a significant contribution and the team was bowled out for 149. In response, with the help of centuries from openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma and a gritty half-century from Virat Kohli, India declared on 421/5 before wrapping up the opposition for 130 in the second innings to script a win by an innings and 141 runs.
Other than debutant Jaiswal who scored 171, Ravichandran Ashwin was the star performer for Team India vs West Indies in the first Test match as he scalped a fifer in the first innings and returned with figures of 7 for 71 in the second innings to help the Men in Blue wrap up the game inside three days.
Probable Playing XIs:
India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur/Navdeep Saini/Mukesh Kumar
West Indies
West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Jermaine Blackwood, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel
Squads:
India
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar
West indies
West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain), Jermaine Blackwood (vice-captain), Alick Athanaze, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Joshua Da Silva, Rahkeem Cornwall, Raymon Reifer, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Jomel Warrican, Kemar Roach
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